Little Talks by Beatrice Fairfax What Is your Idea of cruelty? If you are a reasonable person, you might as -well give up this conun drum Immediately, you'd never g'less It in a thousand years, for the answer is: "One who makes a botch of powdering his wife's back." You will find no such definition of "cruelty" in the dictionary or set forth in even the worst of the "best sellers" or on the stage or the "mo vies." Nowhere outside of a cortlic sup plement, or in a courtroom with a trial in progress, a trial augmented by all the pomp and panoply of the law, would you. find such a defini tion of cruelty. The scene of this Interpretation of the word was St. Louis, where it was brought out* in the evidence given in a divorce sutt. "He powdered my back clumsily," said the lady, and the twelve good men and true gravely reflected on the atrocity. Husband Sure Ho I)ld Well The husband stoutly defended his skill with the swansdown. Where beauty camouflage was concerned he was an artist of experience, goodness knows. But his wife greeted his most conscientious efforts with cries of "Clumsy!" and "Bore!" She would have none of his back-powdering. The wife further complained she was obliged to eat cheap meals, at a popular-priced restaurant, while visiting Atlantic City. Again the long-suffering husband explained. She had eaten a five-dollar meal and then decided on syrup and wheat cakes! I don't know tHe outcome of the case; but the initial proceedings seemed, to indicate everything was going in the lady's favor. No pretty woman need have the slightest fear of convincing a male jury that cruel ty lies in following a five dollar meal with "wheat, cakes and—" or any thing else she may be clever enough to insinuate. If you have any doubts on the subject just go see Barry's "The Legend of Leonora," the next time it is in town. Another lady from Columbus, or Indianapolis—l've forgotten which —testified to cruel treatment. Her husband no longer laced up her boots! It seemed that in the early days of their marriage he would become cross if she denied him this privilege. But now that she has "X'l , ■ 1 J Is De&r Price! L > 1 You may figure economy from many angles but when it comes to a refrigerator the best is none too good for the thrifty _We have had the largest refrigerator business in our history. There are various reasons for that. But there is one very important reason as far as J you are concerned: We are selling thoroughly well-built refrigerators that 1 are scientifically correct as ICE SAVERS. And a refrigerator that will save | ice is the surest economy. Lift Top Lift Top Side Icing Refrigerator Refrigerator Refrigerator 1 * S°°d si f for family use White enameled lined pro- Three-door style. 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The day's news offers another bit of evidence regarding the savagery of the American husband. The third "brute" goes out so early that he is not there to hook his wife's evening gowns, and she "must call in the elevator girl and tip her, too." Why I)ld These Ivudles Marry? And so it goes, until one is tempt ed to inquire, why did these ladies marry? Was it because they were in love, haji similarity of tastes, the same ideals, or to domesticate un salaried ladies' maids? Vanity would appear to be their ruling passion, and you can't live by vanity alone and keep your husband or your friends either. Even the prettiest woman becomes a bore when her life is ordered wholly on the clothes, food and cosmetic basis. In time the most faithful of gal ley slaves will rebel and the eleven inch boot remain unlaced, the back unpowdered or powdered badly, the evening gown remain unhooked. Every night Is John's night oft—and who can blame him? Perhaps he meets, casually, some woman who is companionable, some one who has an idea above boots, arid backs and dress hooks; she wouldn't have to be very wonderful to appear fascinating by compari son. At least she represents "mys tery," he doesn't know every sordid detail of her ensemble. A boot lacing or a gown hooking may be asked occasionally, but to de mand such service day in and day out as a right—lo, the bearded lady's maid is off. He is experiencing the unrest prevailing among our domes tics at present—he may be seeking a new situation. The intricacies of a woman's toilet are uninteresting'—even disillusioniz ing—to the onlooker, dispite the marvelous results that downright homeliness often achieves by reason of them. But there are some things that should remain skeletons in the feminine locker. For instance, there is no one in all the world a woman knows well enough to coldcream her face be- ' , *-*jr > ■ -v • ' v* . * - T ' gjSJtRJBBTTRG TELEGRAPH fore. She may regard it as an ob ligatory rite; she may knock oft ten years as a result of her efforts with the grease pot, but a glimpse of the process is the death of ro mance, mystery; X was going to say—respect. Crimping Pins and Boudoir Caps But some women—good women, too—smear their faces with cold cream, put up their hair in crlmp ing-pins, draw a flopping "boudoir cap" over the combination of hor rors and go to ibed to sleep the sleep of the just—and the unthink ing. Why is it that the man who mar ries a selfish woman of this sort is usually a thoroughly good fellow who accepts his slavery—for some years at least —without a murmur? Of course, the woman who has domesticated a lady's maid will probably not care very deeply if he wanders, unless she misses his talents as boot-lacer, back-pow derer and g#wn-hooker. But if she 1 should happen to value the man beneath these rather excrescent gifts let her take heed. In time the whitest of backs may become monotonous, the daintiest foot a bore, the prettiest gown a weariness to the flesh. Remember that ladies' maids are proverbially flirtatious and fond of seeking new situations. What Difference Does It Make What difference does it make? Sooner or later this reiterated question threatens to discourage our efforts as loyal members of the food administration. What difference does it make? The words taunt us as we rise half an hour eatrlier to make corn bread for breakfast instead of hav ing the toast we used to have. They hum through our brains as we me chanically cut the fat off the morn ing's order of meat and save it to render for cooking and use in place of butter. They whisper insidiously in our ears as we take the time to look up the receipt of the meat sub stitute dish we saw in the paper and make it for dinner in place of meat. They mock us as we refuse the sugar for our coffee. Such a little —only a teaspoonful. What differ ence does it make? Women of the north, women of the south, women of the east and of the west, women of Alaska and of Porto Rico! Wis there ever a more glorious army of womanhood brought together in a common cause, than this army fighting to save food" and so to have human lives? And what difference does it make whether you do your share? Wheth er you save the cupful of wheat, the spoonful of fats, the pound of meat, the few ounces of sugar? "My part is so little," you say. "What difference does it make?" But how can food be saved in the aggregate without individual sav ing? And how "in you expect your neighbor to save, if you, yourself, are careless in doing your share? j Pall in step then, women of Amer ica. No one is alone in this work of conserving food. You are march ing shoulder to shoulder with the woman in Alaska, the woman in Porto Rico, the woman on the cat tle ranges of the west, the woman in the big metropolis of the east. Daily Dot Puzzle - I-/® 3 ,0 - .4. 2 . 6 7 12 . 3 *42 • • A 5 '3* 4 - '•*> • *aa lt> *3B > 17 7 • * .3b Ift • • ta* £5 • 94 Zi • [ .51 ,31 Z2 \ 3>* 24.* \ • S • 1 7 f >\ ** Draw from one to two and so on to the end. Life's Problems Are Discussed There is a loss from business fail ures in the United States every year of a sum of which ranges between two and three hundred million dol lars. And, according to financial au thority, the cause in almost every in stance can be set down to ineffici ency. Bradstreets figure that 80.3 per cent of all failures are due to the personal shortcomings of those who failed, and place at the head of the list—far ahead of such faults as outside speculation, doubtful hab its, personal extravagance or dis honesty—simply incompetence. In other words, a large number of men and women who are honest, sober, industrious and economical go to the wall every year because they either don't or won't learn how. They are not on their jobs. Those two or three hundred mil lions on the wrong side of the ledger form a pretty heavy indictment against our boasted national char acteristics of shrewdness and adapt ability. In England and on the con tinent they have far fewer failures than we do in this country. And the reason, as one careful observer has pointed out, is because in those older countries business enterprises are seldom started without a fair degree of ability or preparation; of ten, indeed, they are handed down frcim father to son, staying in the same family for generations. Over here, we make it more a sporting proposition. At the present 'time, too, when we are being advised from every bill board that "Dollars will win the war!" those staggering figures of loss mean more than a mere exposition of recklessness and slipshod meth ods. They represent the waste of an appalling amount of energy and effort which should be Hooverized and conserved by proper direction and application, and so made a na tional asset instead of a national menace. Before seeking a remedy for any condition you have got to diagnose the trouble. Does the brand of in competence laid upon these men and women who fail mean that they are lacking in brains or ability? Not at all. Does it mean that they are lazy or shiftless?. Not necessarily; they may and often do work harder and for hours than their competi tor who succeeds. Does it mean that they are negligent, extravagant, vis ionary or crooked ? Again, no. There was never in the world such a chance for the person start ing out in business for himself as there is to-day; but equally there was never before such a heavy de mand as busiooss makes to-day upon the person who elects to follow it. i When Charles M. Schwab was re cently called upon to take charge of the government's shipbuilding pro gram he was asked upon what he would chiefly rely for the success of his campaign, and he said upon the infusion of a spirit of enthusiasm and rivalry Into the work. That's it! Mr. Schwab 'knows what he's talking about; he stands in the public mind as the repre sentative type of modern American businessman. And the spirit of rivalry and enthusiasm is what every business needs. Lt it be made a "sporting propo sition," not in the sense of a gamble, a blind taking of chances, but in the sense of a contest for which one trains and fits himself, constantly studying every point of the game, and into which one throws his whole heart and soul. No man who does that will long remain incompetent or Inefficient. 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And it was exactly the same quality that made Marshall Field the greatest merchant of his day, and that accounts for a Morgan, a Carnegie, a Hill and fL Harriman In their respective lines. If you ask, why a George M. Cohan, or a Ty Cobb, or a Charles V„ Schwab, the answer In every In stance is the same. You've got to love your JoTt, You've got to root for it in season and out of season. You've got to make a hobby of it, and give It your undivided Interest. If you can't do that; then the best thing you can do is to get out and shift to a line where you can. 9
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